page_title: Luis Fernández
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Luis Fernández / Playing career / International career
caption_attribution_description: English: France footballer, Luis Fernandez, vs Canada at the WC.
context_page_description: Luis Miguel Fernández Toledo is a French–Spanish former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He retired as a player in 1993 to become a manager.
  Fernández spent most of his playing career for Paris Saint-Germain. He earned 60 international caps and scored 6 goals for the France national team between 1982 and 1992, and was part of their teams that won UEFA Euro 1984 and came third at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
  Fernández managed PSG in two spells, winning several domestic and European honours. He also managed Cannes and Reims in France, and Athletic Bilbao, Espanyol and Real Betis in La Liga.
  Fernández is currently a sport radio talk host with RMC; his daily show is called Luis Attaque.
context_section_description: Fernández quickly established himself as an expert in winning the ball, but also capable of precise passing, and at the end of 1982, he was called up for the France national team and debuted against the Netherlands on 10 November 1982. At age 23, Fernández was immediately an important part of the team that only months earlier had been semi-finalists of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He formed the national midfield with such French national greats as Jean Tigana in the central midfield, and the offensive players Alain Giresse and Michel Platini, a midfield that became known as the "magic square". With the national team, Fernández won UEFA Euro 1984 at home in France, and reached the semi-final of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
  Fernández was still a part of the French national team in spite of a declining physique. Not a starting player under new national team manager Michel Platini, Fernández would play the role of a late joker, with the job to clinch a result at the end of the match. Fernández took part in Euro 1992, where France were eliminated in the group stage, and Fernández decided to end his international career.
caption: Fernandez v Canada at the 1986 FIFA World Cup
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